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SANTA CLARA, Calif. -- Quarterback Russell Wilson passed for 236 yards and a touchdown, running back Marshawn Lynch rushed for 104 yards on 20 carries, and the Seattle Seahawks defeated the San Francisco 49ers 19-3 Thursday night in a showdown between NFC West foes. The Seahawks (8-4) moved 1 1/2 games behind Arizona (9-2) in the West and improved their position in the wild card playoff race. The 49ers (7-5), meanwhile, fell 2 1/2 games behind the Cardinals, and suffered a blow to their wild card hopes. Seahawks cornerback Richard Sherman intercepted two passes, and Steven Hauschka made all four of his field goal attempts, connecting...

EAST RUTHERFORD, N.J. -- New York Giants quarterback Eli Manning threw five interceptions as the San Francisco 49ers earned a 16-10 victory at MetLife Stadium on Sunday.San Francisco (6-4) climbed into second place in the NFC...

•The St. Louis Rams weren't expected to make much noise this season. Now they've lost quarterback Sam Bradford with a torn ACL, the same injury he had last year. Shaun Hill, 34, takes over. And look at that schedule. Seahawks twice, 49ers...

SANTA CLARA, Calif. Darnell Dockett is joining a 49ers defensive line that could especially need his veteran presence if Justin Smith retires. And if Smith returns, well, Dockett's addition could also return that line to elite status, combined...

Defensive tackle Darnell Dockett notes on his Twitter page header that he will be "2016 comeback player of the year." It looks like he will get that chance. Dockett signed a two-year contract with the San Francisco 49ers on Thursday that will...

The Lions managing their salary cap is comparable to Congress managing the federal budget. Transfer whatever outstanding debt to a new credit card with a higher spending limit and higher interest rate and continued fiscal irresponsibility becomes...

It was a brief encounter when Cam met Kam, sort of a hello-and-goodbye affair.Carolina's Cam Newton threw the pass, Seattle safety Kam Chancellor picked it out of the chilly air and ran it back for a 90-yard interception.“Kam Chancellor,” teammate Richard...

The Seattle Seahawks have been tough at the end of the season, and even tougher at the end of games.
The defending Super Bowl champions, who sputtered early in the fall, have won their past six games and haven't allowed a fourth-quarter point during that...

The Seattle Seahawks aren't buying into it.
Yes, they've heard that the injured calf is going to be an issue for Green Bay quarterback Aaron Rodgers. Yes, they've heard he won't be as mobile. But the Seahawks are preparing to face arguably the NFL's best...

SEATTLE -- Cam, meet Kam.
Now, say goodbye.
Seattle safety Kam Chancellor intercepted a pass by Carolina’s Cam Newton on Saturday and ran it back for a 90-yard score, putting an exclamation point on a 31-17 victory by the Seahawks in a divisional...

With Oakland winning and Arizona losing — two of the oddities from Week 12 — about the only sure bet in the NFL these days is that the New England Patriots are going to come through. And come through big.
That was the case again Sunday, as the Patriots...

The last time the Arizona Cardinals were 8-1?
They were the Chicago Cardinals.
NFL-leading Arizona achieved that feat again Sunday, matching the club's starts in 1925 and 1948, with a 31-14 victory over the visiting St. Louis Rams.
On a day when the...

The San Francisco 49ers, locked in a tight race for a playoff spot, made a short trip Sunday to the one-win Oakland Raiders.
One team looked defeated, completely devoid of passion and ready for the NFL season to be over.
The other team was the Raiders....

Jim Harbaugh rescued the San Francisco 49ers from the muck of mediocrity and turned them back into a winning franchise, leading them to three consecutive NFC title games and a Super Bowl.
But by all indications, the 49ers now see him as expendable.
...

One small stomp for man, one giant gulp for the Detroit Lions.
The NFL on Monday suspended Detroit center Dominic Raiola one game for stomping on the ankle of Chicago defensive tackle Ego Ferguson the day before.
That means the Lions will be without the...

Last week in parentheses.
1. Patriots 7-2 (2): Manhandling of Broncos could have implications in January and help gain home-field advantage in playoffs.
2. Cardinals 7-1 (3): They own the best record in the NFC in November for the first time since...

The fix is in — and it's working.
Five seasons ago, confronted with the problem of playoff-bound teams resting starters and coasting into the postseason, the NFL began scheduling only division games for the final week of the season. The theory being,...

Typical pro athlete. When quarterback Ryan Lindley signed a practice-squad deal with the San Diego Chargers a few months ago, he had his wife stay home in Arizona, and he took off to the West Coast to live with another woman.
His grandmother.
"By...

The Show Me State . . . just did.
It was misery in Missouri on Sunday for the teams in last season's Super Bowl. Seattle lost at Kansas City, and Denver fell at St. Louis.
The Chiefs moved into a two-way tie for first in the AFC West by virtue of...